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Re:Pristine meteorite found within hours of hitting Earth by kldavis4 on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @12:00PM (#33707947)
You can actually find micrometeorites in your rain gutters :) https://www.newscientist.com/letter/mg23331090-800-10-findin...
Re:Pristine meteorite found within hours of hitting Earth by tpmx on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @04:30PM (#33711773)
That headline: "Finding meteorites in your gutters is easy"!

Iron space dust that is fine enough to escape incineration as “shooting stars” when entering Earth's atmosphere drifts down continuously. To collect these small iron spheres, scrape several handfuls of mud from a convenient roof gutter, preferably a plastic one, add to a bucket of water and stir.

Fish for meteorites with a strong magnet wrapped in a plastic bag. Remove the magnet, carefully rinse the bag into a glass dish and look for fine, dark grey dust. Dragging the magnet underneath will concentrate the dust. A good magnifier will show tiny spheres, some of them up to 0.2 millimetres in diameter.

Re:Pristine meteorite found within hours of hitting Earth by mod on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @08:55PM (#33714141)
I collect my rainwater for household use. I must admit, until this moment I had never considered that I interact with space dust on the daily.